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Futsal: Hermans names squad for N. Ireland training camp

Friday, 18 January 2019, 09:49 Last update: about 7 years ago MFA Communications Office

Malta futsal coach Vic Hermans has named a squad of 13 players for this week’s friendly matches against Northern Ireland.   The friendlies and training camp in Newry are intended...

WADA: Lab data retrieved and being moved out of Moscow

Thursday, 17 January 2019, 20:56 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Experts from the World Anti-Doping Agency have finished retrieving data from the Moscow lab that could lead to sanctions against Russian athletes implicated in the country's wide-ranging doping...

'I go skiing': Ledecka chooses Alpine over snowboard worlds

Thursday, 17 January 2019, 18:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

After months of agonizing over a decision she would have preferred not to have to make, skier-snowboarder Ester Ledecka has finally chosen to compete in the Alpine skiing world championships next...

Georgian wrestler stripped of 2012 Olympic silver for doping

Thursday, 17 January 2019, 14:41 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A freestyle wrestler from Georgia has been stripped of his 2012 London Olympics silver medal after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. Oral turinabol was found in Davit Modzmanashvili's...

Skiing: Olympic downhill champion Goggia plans return from injury

Wednesday, 16 January 2019, 15:46 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia is planning to return from injury this month but remains in doubt for the upcoming world championships. A spokesman for the Italian Winter Sports Federation...

Zubkov among 4 Russian bobsledders banned for Olympic doping

Wednesday, 16 January 2019, 14:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Five years after the Sochi Olympics, the man who carried the Russian flag at the opening ceremony has been banned for doping at those games. Alexander Zubkov, already stripped of two Olympic gold...

Skiing: Shiffrin finally conquers elusive Kronplatz giant slalom

Tuesday, 15 January 2019, 17:02 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Mikaela Shiffrin had this race specially marked on her calendar. There are few courses the American skier has not been able to conquer in her record-breaking career. Yet a victory — or even...

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